Composition

ANDRE ECHEVERRIA

Andre Echeverria was born and raised in Guatemala and influenced with music
at an early age, he started giving piano lessons to children, ages, 4
to 14. At the age of 19, Andre began teaching ESL classes at IGA, a government-backed
institute for English learning. He taught young people as well as adults
there for one year. He then started teaching ESL classes at a Korean academy,
preparing students for their entrance exams in English-speaking schools.
In 2010, Andre moved to the U.S. to pursue a career in music. While studying
at college, he taught private lessons.

Andre graduated from UT Arlington where he successfully completed his Bachelor’s
Degree with a 4.0 in Music Composition under Dr. George Chave, and Audio
Engineering under Micah Hayes. He plans to further his studies by pursuing
a Master's Degree in Film Scoring. Now, thanks to his Bachelor’s
Degree in Music Composition and Audio Engineering, he has a wider and
deeper knowledge of music, which enables him to share with his students.
Andre teaches piano, voice, guitar, and drum lessons.

Russ Miller

For more than 20 years Russ Miller has been playing guitar, bass, and drums
as well as composing, recording, producing, and performing. He has also
been teaching multiple instruments since 2004. As a teacher he maintains
a strong belief that every student is different, and that the key to a
student's success in music lies in both finding the student's
individual interests as well as regular live performance.

As a professional, Russ has led and performed in 2 bands and a studio project.
From 2001 to 2005 he toured and recorded 2 albums with his bands The Commune
and Vin Mariani; and from 2008 to 2012 he recorded and promoted as solo
effort The Tales. He has received FM and internet radio play, sold albums
on 5 continents, and played with countless wonderful musicians over the
years. Currently, Russ works at passing the knowledge he gained professionally
on to his students.

Greg Ray

Greg Ray has been teaching the guitar since 1990. He teaches all styles
including pop, jazz, rock, classical, country, and more. Greg is the Dallas
director of the Childbloom Guitar Program and has won multiple awards
for excellence over the past twenty years. He taught in various schools
in the Dallas metroplex such as Greenhill School, Providence School, Highland
Park Presbyterian Church, Dallas Music, and currently he teaches at Park
Cities School of Music and Lakewood Conservatory of Fine Arts. Greg has
had three of his students accepted to Booker T. Washington School for
the Visual and Performing Arts in Dallas over the last three years. He
teaches all ages from 5 years old and up, and holds annual voluntary student
recitals and concerts. Greg also performs locally with his jazz quartet